How many days per year do countries around the world spend celebrating their independence from England?
52 days
Roy Cleveland Sullivan, a US park ranger, holds the world record for number of times struck by lighting. How many times was he struck?
7 times
Mad Max: Fury Road
Namibia
There are ___ different ways to pronounce "ough"
9
([ʌf] in rough, /aʊ/ in plough/u:/ in through, /oʊ/ in though, /ɔː/ in thought, /ə/ – in thorough /ˈθʌr.ə/, /ɒf/ in cough, /ʌp/ in hiccough and /ɒk/ in lough.)
17% of all American restaurants are pizzerias. They sell approximately ___ slices of pizza per second.
350
This country notifies blood donors when their donation is used.
Sweden
A bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast ___ slices of bread.
100,000
Black Panther
South Korea
A grawlix is any symbol that replaces a ___ word in a sentence.
__% of products in the average grocery store contain ingredients that come from corn.
25%
This politician coined the phrase "OMG" in a written letter in 1917.
Winston Churchill
2,000
The Godfather
Italy
These two punctuation marks combine to make the interrobang.
?!
This US state drinks the most alcohol per capita.
New Hampshire
This popular children's book author was also a spy during WWII.
Roald Dahl
The coldest temperature recorded in America is ___, recorded in 1971.
-80 deg F
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Germany
A word that became a word by error, like a misprint in a dictionary, is a ___ word.
Ghost word
Hawaiian Pizza was invented in which country in 1962?
Canada
The chief translator for the European Parliament speaks __ languages fluently.
32
This country contains the hottest inhabitable place on Earth, with an annual average high temperature of 105 deg F.
Ethiopia
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Scotland
The word for when you can't remember a word.
Lethologica
It takes ___ licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
364